cylindrical
adjective
cy·lin·dri·cal
sə-ˈlin-dri-kəl 
variants
or less commonly cylindric
: relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder
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The cylindrical Chinese keyboard On a winter day in 1976, a young boy in Cambridge, England, searched for his beloved Meccano set.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
The cap looks rather unassuming, a plastic cylindrical attachment that is screwed onto the end of the blower, but its results are notable, reducing the contraption’s overall noise by 37%.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 May 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
The cap looks rather unassuming, a plastic cylindrical attachment that is screwed onto the end of the blower, but its results are notable, reducing the contraption’s overall noise by 37%.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cylindrical
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“Cylindrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cylindrical. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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